Oliver Bleddyn
Australian cyclist (born 2002)
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Oliver Bleddyn OAM (born 27 January 2002) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team ARA Skip Capital.[2] He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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| Born | 27 January 2002 Plymouth, UK[1] |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
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| Current team | ARA Skip Capital |
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| Role | Rider |
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| 2023– | ARA Skip Capital |
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Early life
He is from Western Australia and started bike racing at 12 years-old. He attended Frederick Irwin Anglican School and Applecross Senior High School. In 2018, he joined the Western Australian Institute of Sport. He won an Oceania U19 title in the team pursuit and won a silver in the individual pursuit. In 2021, he started training at the South Australia Institute for Sport.[3][4]
Career
He won gold with the team pursuit at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Brisbane in 2022.[5]
He finished third in the time trial at the Oceania Road Cycling Championships in 2023.[6] He competed for Australia in the team pursuit and individual pursuit at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow.[7][8]
He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the team pursuit, winning the gold medal.[4][9]
Bleddyn won a silver medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the men's team pursuit in Santiago, Chile.[10]
In January 2026, he was runner-up to Jay Vine at the Australian National Time Trial Championships.[11]
Major results
Track
- 2018
- Oceanian Junior Championships
- 1st
Madison - 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 2019
- 1st Team pursuit, Oceanian Junior Championships
- 2021
- 2nd Scratch, National Championships
- 2022
- 1st Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships
- National Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd Points race
- 2023
- Oceanian Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd
Madison
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit - 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 2024
- 1st
Team pursuit, Olympic Games - 2nd Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships
- 2025
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
Road
- 2022
- 7th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships
- 2023
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships
- 2026
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
